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- 9 Dec 2025
Financial Sector Faced AI, Blockchain and Organised Crime Threats in 2025 - Report
The 2025 Kaspersky Security Bulletin provides a review of the major cybersecurity trends of the year and offers a look towards the future of cybersecurity, including within the financial sector.…
- 30 May 2024
NDPC Investigates 40 Financial Sector Operators over Data Breach
Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has said it is investigating 40 banks, insurance companies, stock brokers and other operators in the financial sector over customers’ data breach. Dr Vincent…
- 6 Apr 2023
CREST Delivers a Guide to Fostering Financial Sector Cyber Resilience in Developing Countries
A new Good Practice Guide from CREST, “Fostering Financial Sector Cyber Resilience in Developing Countries”, launches as part of the global not-for-profit’s ongoing work in encouraging greater cyber…
- 2 Oct 2015
Battle of BIG IDEAS Expected in Financial Services Sectors 2016- IDC
International Data Corporations (IDC) Financial Insights hosted its inaugural Financial Services Summit 2015 in Kuala Lumpur recently. Themed ‘Delivering on BIG Ideas’, IDC Financial Insights…
- 18 Mar 2019
Stakeholders Reiterate Need For Development of Local Content in the Financial Sector
Stakeholders in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) have reiterated the need for the use of Nigerian software in the financial sector. They made this call at the ongoing…
- 13 Feb 2015
HR Crisis, Technologies Defy Financial Sector Strategies
Global financial services organizations are struggling to align risk management frameworks, culture, and talent to achieve change, a new report has found in four key areas. According to…
- 8 Jun 2018
AfDB Approves $10 million Equity Investment in Financial Sector Deepening Fund
To strengthen the capital base of local financial institutions and stimulate Africa’s corporate bond market, the African Development Bank has approved a US $10-million investment through its…
- 5 May 2024
Cybervergent's Q1 2024 Report Reveals Rising Threat of Remcos RAT Malware in Financial Sector
Cybervergent, a foremost technology company providing automated cybersecurity solutions, in its Quarterly Brief has revealed a troubling trend in the financial sector that shows a spike in attacks…
- 1 Sept 2013
Capitoline advocates Data Centre Security Management Compliance for the Financial Sector
Capitoline LLP, an independent specialist engineering and management consultancy, and KITS Technologiesa data Centre Infrastructure service provider recently held a Data Centre Seminar in Nigeria.…
- 29 Oct 2021
MDXI Hosts Webinar to Support Financial Sector
West Africa’s leading commercial data center, MDXi, a subsidiary of MainOne, has concluded the first in a series of webinars aimed at promoting improved business efficiency and operations based on…
- 27 Jul 2015
DHL Says Technology is Shaping Africa’s Financial Sector
Sumesh Rahavendra, Vice President of Sales for DHL Express Sub Saharan Africa has stated that the African financial services industry is rapidly evolving as a result of advancing technology which is…
- 7 Dec 2025
Optimus AI LABS CEO Showcases AI Breakthroughs in Nigeria’s Financial Sector
Mr. Lanre Basamta, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Optimus AI LABS, has unveiled a suite of artificial intelligence innovations poised to transform Nigeria’s financial services industry,…
- 18 Jun 2015
Xmn® Boosts Applications for Financial Sector, Others with 10 Solutions
Xmn Technologies Limited, a leading Information Technology firm in Nigeria, has been silently but surely and locally developing software that provides practical solutions for organizations,…
- 20 Jun 2014
CBN Reassures on Financial Sector Strategy 2020
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured that the Financial System Strategy which would help ensure that Nigeria had the most diversified financial system among emerging economies by 2020 will…
- 16 Dec 2016
NDIC Pledges Commitment to Stability in Financial Sector
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) on Friday restated its commitment to ensuring financial system stability in the country. Mr Adedapo Adeleke, it’s Director of Banking Examination…
- 15 Aug 2021
EMTECH, Global InfoSwift Partner to Provide Capacity Building on Regulatory Sandbox, Others for Nigerian Financial Sector
EMTECH, a Fintech for Central Banks and GIC announce its partnership to deliver capacity building in three core and interrelated areas: Central Bank Digital Currency, Regulatory Sandbox Framework,…
- 21 Feb 2015
SEC, CBN Pledge Better Collaboration to Strengthen the Financial Sector
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have pledged closer collaboration to further strengthen the capital market and the Nigerian financial system in general.…
- 17 Feb 2020
Financial Sector in MEA Spent $12.6Bn on ICT in 2019 – IDC
Banking and finance industry in the Middle East and Africa spent $12.68 billion on information and communications technology (ICT) in 2019, according to the latest insights from International Data…
- 20 Oct 2019
Technology To Enhance Insurance Sector’s Financial Inclusion Programme-NAICOM
Investing in technology is one of the ways the insurance industry could effectively key into the financial inclusion target of the Federal Government. Mr Sunday Thomas, National Insurance Commission…
- 5 Mar 2024
Banking Sector Becoming Cesspool of Financial Crimes- EFCC
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has revealed that approximately 70 percent of financial crimes in Nigeria are connected to banks. Ola Olukoyede, chairman, EFCC, stated this during…
- 1 Jul 2024
Stakeholders Urge Fintech Operators to Harness Growth Opportunities in the Sector
Financial industry leaders have urged financial technology (fintech) firms to maintain trust, balance performance, and compliance in a digital age to harness opportunities in the sector. The…
- 29 Jan 2021
Carnegie Endowment Report Shows How Over £30M Illicit Financial Flows from Nigeria to UK Education Sector
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace report, commissioned by the UK Government, spotlights risks of illicit financial flows to UK education sector On Thursday 28 January 2021, the Carnegie…
- 15 Jul 2016
Efina Boosts FCMB’s Financial Inclusion Project with $2m Grant
Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA),a financial sector development organization has announced the release of an Innovation Grant in the sum of $2,000,000 (Two million US Dollars…
- 29 Apr 2022
Zedcrest, NESG Champion Discussions on Prosperity Inclusion for Nigerians
Zedcrest Group, a new-age financial solutions powerhouse, in collaboration with the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) on Tuesday, hosted a financial inclusion conference themed: ‘Securing and…
- 12 Apr 2024
IMF says Rising Cyber Threats Pose Serious Concerns for Financial Stability
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has declared that cyberattacks have more than doubled since the pandemic. In a blog released during the week, it pointed out that while companies have…
- 16 Mar 2009
Global Financial Crisis: What It Holds for Nigeria Telecoms Sector
When the global financial crisis started to show its effects in the middle of 2007 and into 2008 in United States of America and Europe, little did people know that it will spread to developing…
- 20 Aug 2016
EFInA & 7 Lessons On Providing Financial Products to Unbanked, Under-banked
Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) is notably the financial sector development organization that promotes financial inclusion in Nigeria and currently has Innovation Fund that is…
- 3 Feb 2017
AfDB , AFI Sign MoU to Enhance Financial Services
African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance access to quality financial services on the continent. The…
- 21 Jun 2022
FITC Launches Banking Survey Report on Financial Habits of Millenials
Financial Institutions Training Center, FITC, the innovation-led and technology-driven knowledge institution, has launched a first of its kind Millennial and Gen Z Banking Survey Report. In a…
- 8 Jun 2022
Experts to Brainstorm on Nigeria's Financial Inclusion Initiative at Oriental News Nigeria Confab
Key stakeholders in Nigeria's financial sector would engage in a robust round table discussion on governments key policy which centers around inclusive financial system that will cover all strata of…